New short film Hang Up! from Fatal Pictures

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I’m not sure what it is about dolls that is creepy, but I know for damn sure I am not alone in finding them so. Creepy doll tales have been around in movies almost as long as movies have existed. The oldest one that comes to mind is 1945’s Dead of Night, [...]

Sylvester Stallone is one of the biggest movie stars of all time and during the 70s and 80s, you would be hard pressed to find a bigger star. After Rocky in 1976 Stallone tried to do a couple of different films with F.I.S.T. and Paradise Alley, then [...]

Stephen King is the most famous horror author of all time, his name even garnering more recognition than Poe or Lovecraft nowadays. He is also one of the authors most adapted to film. And we have had our share of really great, really terrible and mediocre [...]

The Exorcist is one of the most famous and beloved horror films of all time and for good reason. William Friedkin’s direction, William Peter Blatty’s writing, the legendary performances by Linda Blair, Max Von Sydow, Jason Miller and Ellen Burstyn, the [...]

There have always been movies that try to mimic or pay homage to a type of film before it, after all most filmmakers are also film lovers. Lots of horror films are done in the 70s exploitation style, grindhouse was big for a while thanks to Quentin [...]

In 2001 BMW Films made a series of 8 short films collectively called The Hire featuring Clive Owen as a professional driver in a variety of stories. The films featured directors John Frankenheimer, Ang Lee, Guy Ritchie, John Woo, Tony Scott, Wong [...]

Tim Burton has tackled many fantastic worlds in his films. He has done many original stories as well as lending his vision to worlds that already existed such as the Batman films. But when he decided to tackle Alice in Wonderland in 2010 he was taking on [...]

The apocalypse is HUGE. I am not sure what started this resurgence but shows like The Walking Dead, The 100 and Falling Skies and movies like Snowpiercer, World War Z, and Mad Max Fury Road have kept the genre alive and well. There have been a slew of [...]

The X-Men franchise has been one of the most successful superhero franchises in movie history and the first film back in 2000 was one of the main catalysts for reinvigorating the superhero genre. Since that original there have been 5 sequels and two [...]

John Carpenter has brought us some of the most memorable horror and sci-fi movies ever. He invented the slasher subgenre with Halloween, made the definitive Elvis movie with Kurt Russell, defined a cult classic with Escape from New York, made the ultimate [...]

Different aspects of horror movies affect us all differently. Those afraid of the woods were scared by The Blair Witch Project. If it is spiders it might be Arachnophobia. Fear of water if not before Jaws would definitely be after. Claustrophobic people [...]

Horror has been around since the invention of film. And everything on Earth has been used as a device in a horror film. Dolls, the devil, animals, insects, reptiles, furniture, trees…hell there is even a movie about an evil bong and a movie about a bed [...]

I love a good comedy but I also find comedy to be the genre I am mostly picky about. There doesn’t seem to be a rhyme or reason to what I like and dislike but comedy is very personal and has to hit you the right way. I like a dumb comedy as much as […]

Ever since the release of Jaws in 1975, audiences have been afraid to go into the water but have been clamoring for more. Though no shark movie has ever come close to Spielberg’s masterpiece, including the three sequels that followed, it has never stopped [...]

I know I review a lot of horror here at Fountain Pop, it is a genre very close to my heart. But now that we are in October, you can expect a few more horror reviews than usual. When it comes to horror, there is nothing like a good solid ghost story. As a [...]

As an avid horror fan, I love when a good low budget flick exceeds your expectations. I am not talking about the ones that become festival cult hits like It Follows but more like films that hit store shelves with no fanfare and you usually come upon just [...]

Fatal Pictures, who we love here at Fountain Pop for their disturbing short films WORM, FAMILIAR, HEIR, REMOTE & THE LAST HALLOWEEN, are back with a new short, Hang Up! starring Robert Nolan, Astrida Auza & Jane Pokou. The story is described as [...]

I love video games. And being someone who thinks about movies 24/7, I really love video games based on movies. Unfortunately, that seems to be one of the areas in the video game world where very few games actually end up being any good. When there are [...]